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[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Is anyone else finding that names you loved that generally weren't popular when you first added them to your list are now becoming more common??

 

My top names that have been on my list for over five years:
Asher - my longest and most loved name, found in a book
Evan - after my grandmother, Evelyn
Ari
Thomas
Ryan
Noah
Ruben
Gabriel
Isabel - my only really loved girls name
Grace - sooo overused. I'd only MAYBE consider using it for a middle name now
Alexis
Ava - not liking so much now, there's too many of them around!

 The two that are bolded I think I will use despite the popularity

 

I think being a teacher doesn't help my cause. I hate names that remind me of a bad kid that I have taught, so many names disappear immediately. I also hate the idea that my kid would be one of five in their class with the same name, which is why I like slighly less common names. I am always stuck whether or not to remove them from my list when there is a sudden surge of babies born with that name.
 

What is your reaction? What do you do? What names are you so attached to that have become popular?

Comments

[joybelleblossom.livejournal.com]

When I was little I adored the name Spencer. It was seldom heard at the time, and I only met a couple. When I did have my son, Spencer had had a huge surge in popularity, but I still went with it. It was hard to give it up, so I didn't. :) I hear tons of Spencers, and it's always a little sad to me that it became so popular, but it's still a good name to me.

I LOVE the name Asher and would have named my second son that, but it sounds too "sneezy" with our last name which starts with "SH". Asher SH..... Bless you. :) I really, really wanted to, and kept it on the list until we chose Grant two days after his birth. His name just wasn't Asher, I guess. I wanted to use Asher for the reason it means the same thing my name (Joy) does, but it wasn't obvious.